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Ein Mann mit Virtual-Reality-Brille bewegt sich vor einer Projektionsfläche.
Virtual reality

Making construction sites safer

60,000 workers die on construction sites worldwide every year. This number could fall if a new idea by Bochum-based engineers proves to be of use.

4 October 2016
Enrica Bordignon arbeitet mit einem komplizierten Versuchsaufbau. Aber er liefert ihr einfach zu interpretierende Daten.
Chemistry

How bacterial proteins transport energy

Bacteria can transfer energy from one membrane to another. How the proteins responsible for the process are arranged has been a mystery for a long time.

28 September 2016
Fußball-Fans von Borussia-Dortmund schwenken Fahnen.
Unstatistic

Football fans have the most university degrees

In August, a ranking list was circulated by the media: It suggested that more than half of the fans of the German football team Hamburger SV held a university degree.

28 September 2016
Für ihn ist Statistik alles andere als langweilig: Thomas Bauer
Interview

Big data: opportunity or risk?

Big data could revolutionise the healthcare industry. Yet the collection of mass data also harbours dangers.

28 September 2016
In einem Konferenzraum hören Tagungsteilnehmer einem Referenten zu.
With award ceremony

Europe’s biggest meeting on Theoretical Chemistry at RUB

Much more happens when dissolving chemical substances than we currently think. What exactly will be discussed by the participants at the Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry. A special emeritus professor will be joining.

26 September 2016
Dr. Nicolas Plumeré
Prestigious grant

Less expensive catalysts for energy conversion

Storing power from renewable energy sources is a challenge. Nicolas Plumeré wants to meet that challenge with funding from the European Research Council.

15 September 2016
Verschwitzter Sportler mit einem Handtuch im Nacken.
Competitive sports

How athletes regenerate

What does an Olympic athlete do after the competition? He runs another round to warm down, goes to the sauna or has a massage. Sports scientists have analysed the effect these activities have on the body.

2 August 2016
Kasse mit Euro-Müzen, auf dem ein Handy mit Bezahldisplay liegt
Bitcoin

Energy-efficient security mechanisms for digital currency

In order to prevent fraud with digital currency such as bitcoin, sophisticated security mechanisms are deployed. However, they currently consume enormous volumes of electricity.

27 June 2016
Eine Frau sitzt auf einem Stuhl und löst ein Kreitzworträtsel.
Medicine

Can brain exercises and a healthy lifestyle prevent Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s is one of the worst fears of old age. New evidence suggests that we are not entirely at its mercy.

20 June 2016
Ein Portemonnaie mit Kreditkarten liegt auf einer Computertastatur.
IT Security

Vulnerabilities in Internet encryption protocol

Every time we use online banking or log into a web application, we are transmitting sensitive data such as passwords and account information via the Internet. Currently, they are not one hundred per cent secure.

20 June 2016
Blick auf einen Computerchip, auf dem ein Polizisten-Modellmännchen steht.
Manipulating computer chips

How intelligence agencies spy out our data

Integrating Trojans in computer chips is a time consuming and at the same time highly sophisticated attack method. They are almost impossible to detect - an advantage that intelligence agencies would love to exploit.

16 June 2016
Mehrere dunkle Schränke mit Computertechnik
Quantum computers

Future-proof encryption methods

Even though a quantum computer does, as yet, remain pure theory, IT experts are able to determine how easily it could break common encryptions. They deploy a trick familiar used in logics.

16 June 2016
Eine Hand hält ein Smartphone vor einen Ofen. Auf dem Display sind diverse Einstellmöglichkeiten für das Gerät zu sehen.
Internet of Things

Closing security gaps in Internet-connected households

Cars, fridges, household appliances – in the future, many everyday items will be online. That opens up numerous new targets for attacks. This is how the researchers from Bochum want to protect us.

9 June 2016
Eine Hand betätigt einen elektronischen Autoschlüssel. Im Hintergrund ist ein Auto zu sehen.
IT-Security

In search of economical encoding

Remote control of radiators or wireless door locks – the possibilities offered by interconnected devices are fascinating, but they have to be protected against hacker attacks.

23 May 2016
Patientenakten könnten wichtige Hinweise enthalten, wie man Krankheiten früher erkennen kann.
Analysing collated data

Protecting patients with mathematics

Patient files might contain hints for detecting diseases at an early stage. But how can the collated data be evaluated without invading the patients’ privacy? With the help of mathematics.

10 May 2016
Die Entwicklung eines neuen Geräts zur Detektion von Landminen beginnt mit Versuchen unter hoch kontrollierten Bedingungen. Hier montiert Christoph Baer eine selbst gebaute Antenne für eine Messung.
Colombia

New technology for landmine detection

In Colombia, large areas are teeming with mines. Finding them with traditional technologies is as good as impossible.

29 April 2016
In einem speziellen Labor lässt Hendrik Meutzner die verschiedenen Audiocaptchas von Probanden testen. Zusätzliche Testpersonen findet er im Internet auf einer speziellen Crowdsourcing-Plattform.
Audio captchas

Distinguishing man and machine on the Internet

On many websites users are prompted to prove that they are human by entering symbols that are difficult to read. In case of partially sighted people, audio captchas are used, but there’s room for improvement.

29 April 2016
Doktorand Abhishek Sharma führt einen der vielen Herstellungsschritte für die Lablets durch. Er positioniert Elektroden, um einen Teil des Wafers zu beschichten.
Imitating nature

Electronic micro labs control chemical processes from the inside

Autonomous micro labs the size of cells that monitor chemical systems  from the inside – pure fiction, as yet. But several crucial steps have been taken.

28 April 2016
Olivia Masseck (rechts) gibt ihr Wissen über optogenetische Methoden gern an Studierende weiter.
Optogenetics

Controlling nerve cells with light

Anxiety and depression are two of the most frequently occurring mental disorders worldwide. Light-activated nerve cells may indicate how they are formed.

26 April 2016
Stefan Rieger war Heisenberg-Stipendiat und hat seit 2007 die Professur für Mediengeschichte und Kommunikationstheorie an der RUB inne.
Interview

When researchers are ahead of their time

Visions of future technologies and lifestyles have influenced many research projects. More often than not, the researchers weren’t aware that they were skirting science fiction.

21 April 2016

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